1945 Movies

A Secrets of Life short.

Chilean national anthem performed by orchestra and tenor soloist, accompanied by images of the Chilean landscape and paintings depicting the independe...

A short documentary detailing the development of television as well as describing promises regarding its presence in postwar America.

Part of Universal's "Person-Oddity" series in the 1940s. The secret of European-made ceramics brought to America by Walt Goldscheider (and still a sec...

Dallas Bartley and his band perform "Sandin' Joe."

Short film which uses illustrations to tell the story of the threat of malaria and the mosquitoes that spread it. Produced by the Office of Malaria Co...

Jasper recovers a valuable horn, blows a few licks of "Flight of the Bumble Bee" and becomes a star.

A 1940s newsreel about the Chan Chan archaeological site describes a Moche shrine discovered by Eudoro Hoyle, built on the ruins of Huaca Esmeralda ne...

Record of the liberation of a concentration camp in Austria in May 1945.

Various side show ladies lure customers into their tent.

Scientists are studying a solar eclipse, which Suomi-Filmi is filming.

A Disney short produced for Mexico which documents the health and care of the human body.

A small bear cub, named Cap'n Cub, is the head of a troupe of like-minded animals fighting the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.

"Sixth Avenue—Subway—Post" demonstrates that a travel diary doesn’t need to record a foreign locale, as Charles L. Turner documents his daily commute...

The middle of the 19th century. Hadzi Gencho's daughter Lila and Dyado's Liben son Pavlin are in love. Hadzhi Gencho is proud of his learning and of h...

This short film depicting Bolesław Bierut and Michał Rol-Żymierski visiting the troops of the 1st Polish Army was produced by the Polish Army Film Stu...

With spring, the first lapwing eggs appear. A short impression of the Friesian tradition of egg collecting.

Soon after the VE Day celebrations, there is a second chance to let the hair down, and these dancers make the most of it with much humour.

Eric Portman narrates this 1945 retrospective account from the RAF Film Production Unit, celebrating the RAF's role in the Normandy campaign, with out...